Lieutenant Preston H. Creel, 22-year old son of Levi and Sinai Creel of Barbour County, enlisted Mar. 10, 1862 at Clayton. On furlough, sick, July24-Sept. 8, 1862. He was elected Third Lieutenant Sept. 21, 1862 and was in command of the company during the Battle of Ezra Church on July 28, 1864. He was struck by a shell fragment during the battle at Franklin, Tenn. on Nov. 30, 1864 which punctured the lung. He was left at a makeshift hospital at Franklin when the army retreated. He was taken prisoner on Dec. 17 and taken to U.S.A. General Hospital at Nashville and later imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died May 8, 1865 of pneumonia. He was buried in the prison cemetery south of the camp.
Contributor: Sandy Atchison (49001179)
Contributor: Sandy Atchison (49001179)
Lieutenant Preston H. Creel, 22-year old son of Levi and Sinai Creel of Barbour County, enlisted Mar. 10, 1862 at Clayton. On furlough, sick, July24-Sept. 8, 1862. He was elected Third Lieutenant Sept. 21, 1862 and was in command of the company during the Battle of Ezra Church on July 28, 1864. He was struck by a shell fragment during the battle at Franklin, Tenn. on Nov. 30, 1864 which punctured the lung. He was left at a makeshift hospital at Franklin when the army retreated. He was taken prisoner on Dec. 17 and taken to U.S.A. General Hospital at Nashville and later imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died May 8, 1865 of pneumonia. He was buried in the prison cemetery south of the camp.
Contributor: Sandy Atchison (49001179)
Contributor: Sandy Atchison (49001179)
Inscription
2nd Lieut. Preston H. Creel Co.K 29th Ala. Inf. CSA
Gravesite Details
Confederate Officer who died while in yankee captivity during the civil war
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